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Neighbours in the two-storey brick cottage in Old Street where Glitter has allegedly been living said they were shocked that he had been in their midst.

A nurse at Solent Cliffs Care Home, next door to the house, said: “It is disgusting. I cannot believe he was living right under our noses and we did not know anything about it. I hope he leaves and never comes back.”

Glitter’s bolthole is owned by a close friend of the troubled star. They met more than ten years ago when he managed a band.

The friend would not comment on whether Glitter had been staying at his house.

Peter Nash Porche showroom manager Mark Nash said of Gadd’s visit: “Yes he has been here and it must have been over the last couple of days.

“We have not seen him or dealt with him but he is obviously around the area.”

The Sun newspaper published pictures of the man they claimed was Gadd and a local newspaper said it believed he was living near Fareham.

Glitter, who still earns £500,000 pounds a year in royalties from his 1970s hits, had a house in Rogate, West Sussex, at the height of his fame and later lived on a 40-foot yacht at Haslar Marina, Gosport, Hants, five miles from Hill Head.

A Hampshire Police spokesperson said: “It is our policy not to discuss any details of named individuals who are registered sex offenders.”